Havent played lately that much after some changes, but I heard strafe is really strong in PVP now. Could someone please explain what changed and how it is now?

thanks for this Ethreain, however i was referring to some older update, not 2.4. Something happened with strafe already previously as zons use it already now in PVP (not in PTR). Heard about animation cancellation, but didnt notice it myself.

This post was edited by wockeez on Jan 26 2022 09:27am

Under relatively close radius, strafe has 100% hit rate. That’s the main bug with it that is currently live.



2.4/Ptr then just primarily buffs the damage.

This post was edited by Overpriced on Jan 26 2022 09:35am

I noticed myself its stronger, earlier I could just barely win a close fight against strafe zon. Now I can only win if a hydra is cast and hydra is hitting him too. Not sure what changed exactly.

more detailed explanation:

1 with strafe, every 4 levels, +1 arrow from the volley may connect to a single target
2 Strafe is auto target from beyond screen range, and knocks back targets
3 Strafe is uninterruptable on D2r
4 When attacking, you may dodge on zon and will not show the dodge animation

This makes it VERY difficult to punish a player who holds down strafe in D2R

In LLD patch 1.14D, 1 and 2 were true. Not sure about the dodge animations (4) and interruptions (3) for strafe. I'm pretty sure on legacy, if you fhr'ed a zon mid-strafe, the arrows would become invalid

Patch 2.4 buffs dmg like Overpriced says. You no longer start out with a negative %dmg penalty, but the skill deals more damage at lvl 1
It is not 100% hit however - strafe is attack rating based and can be dodged/blocked

This post was edited by Aaronoob on Jan 26 2022 10:09am

thanks!

Don't trust this lying weasel! Pm kapoo for real information

i close my eyes i right click anywhere the enemy champion dies

strafe is autoaim autoattack, takes no skill